WikiHouse

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Short description: Project for designing and building houses
WikiHouse prototype in Westminster

WikiHouse is an open-source project for designing and building houses.[1][2] It endeavours to democratise and simplify the construction of sustainable, resource-light dwellings.[1][2][3][4][5] The project was initiated in the summer of 2011 by Alastair Parvin and Nick Ierodiaconou of 00, a London-based strategy and design practice, in collaboration with Tav of Espians, James Arthur now with 00 and Steve Fisher of Momentum Engineering.[6][7] It was launched at the Gwangju Design Biennale in Gwangju, South Korea .[6][8][9] The project has since grown to become a worldwide community of contributors.[10]

Concept

Scale models of two different WikiHouse designs

WikiHouse enables users to download Creative Commons-licensed files from its online library, customize them using SketchUp, and then use them to create jigsaw puzzle-like pieces out of plywood with a CNC router.[1][7] Construction of WikiHouse structures requires no special parts because the cut pieces of wood snap together with wedge and peg connections inspired by classical Korean architecture.[11][12] The frame of a WikiHouse can be assembled in less than a day by people with no formal training in construction.[11] The frame must then be finished with cladding, insulation, wiring, and plumbing before it can be inhabited.[2][12] The WikiHouse project is maintained by Open Systems Lab.[13]

History

A WikiHouse under construction at Ouisharefest in Paris, May 2013

After winning a cash prize at TEDGlobal in June 2012, the project invested the prize money into a partnership with the Brazilian youth mobilization project Dharma and the analysis agency BrazilIntel to build WikiHouses in the poorest favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .[4] The goal of the partnership, dubbed WikiHouseRio, is to provide a single "maker lab" where one CNC router can be shared by the community while also allowing and encouraging community members to develop their own designing and building skills.[4][6] The WikiHouse team plans to eventually create similar maker labs in other underdeveloped communities around the world.[4] There are also plans to use WikiHouses as disaster-relief housing in earthquake-prone countries such as Haiti, Japan , and New Zealand.[3]

By December 2013, while there were no inhabited WikiHouses, there were a few completed prototypes in addition to a usable walkers' shelter in Fridaythorpe, England .[12] These WikiHouses are single-story, square-shaped structures with sloped roofs and small foundations that measure about 175 square feet (16.3 m2).[2] By 2015, several additional WikiHouses had been built, including the following buildings and at the following events:

  • Maker Faire 2013 in Queens[14]
  • WikiHouse 4.0 at the London Design Festival[15]
  • 150-square-foot (14 m2) FOUNDhouse microhouse[16][17]
  • WikiHouse at MAKlab in Glasgow[18]
  • Chop Shop in western Scotland[19]
  • Space Craft Systems project in New Zealand[20]
  • WikiSHED fork[21][22]
  • WikiHouse at the 2015 Vienna Open[23]

Impact

Media reaction to WikiHouse has focused largely on the experimental nature of the project,[1][2] comparisons with IKEA furniture,[2][12] and the potential difficulty in finding and costs of using CNC routers.[1][4] American science fiction author Bruce Sterling also gave a review of the WikiHouse design, describing it favorably as a dwelling "I could quite likely build and inhabit, personally".[24]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 LaBarre, Suzanne (25 August 2011). "WikiHouse, An Online Building Kit, Shows How To Make A House In 24 Hours". Co.Design. Fast Company, Inc. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664873/wikihouse-an-online-building-kit-shows-how-to-make-a-house-in-24-hours. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Kingsley, Jeremy (22 February 2012). "The WikiHouse Revolution". Slate. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/02/wikihouse_the_diy_movement_and_architectural_innovation_.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Borgobello, Bridget (15 May 2012). "WikiHouse: Get ready to design, "print" and construct your own home!". Gizmag. http://www.gizmag.com/wikihouse-print-your-own-home-project/22548/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Isaacson, Betsy (1 March 2013). "WikiHouse Democratizes Design For Inexpensive, Easily Built Homes". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/wikihouse-design-inexpensive-homes_n_2790860.html. 
  5. ↑ (in en-US) The Emergence of Open Construction Systems: A Sustainable Paradigm in the Construction Sector?. 2019-01-14. pp. 67–84. doi:10.6531/jfs.201812_23(2).0005. https://jfsdigital.org/articles-and-essays/2018-2/the-emergence-of-open-construction-systems-a-sustainable-paradigm-in-the-construction-sector/. Retrieved 2019-01-22. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Parvin, Alastair; Nick Ierodiaconou (22 June 2012). "A House and Home for the 99%". CITY2.0. TED Conferences, LLC. http://www.thecity2.org/stories/a-house-and-home-for-the-99/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Firth, Peter; Thomas Rees (5 August 2011). "Grand Designs: Open-source platform comes to housing". LifeStyle:News:Global. http://www.lsnglobal.com/seed/view/4268. 
  8. ↑ Hicks, Jesse (17 August 2011). "WikiHouse promises printable homes, work for the world's idle CNC routers". Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2011/08/17/wikihouse-promises-printable-homes-work-for-the-worlds-idle-cn/. 
  9. ↑ "00:/ at TED2013". 00:/Blog. 00:/. 27 February 2013. http://www.architecture00.net/blog/?p=2832. 
  10. ↑ "WikiHouse Community". WikiHouse. http://www.wikihouse.cc/community. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 McNicoll, Arion (5 August 2013). "How to build your home from scratch for $35,000". CNN.com. http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/01/tech/wikihouse-build-your-own-house/index.html. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Goodwins, Rupert (16 December 2013). "Meet The People Who Want To Print A Home In A Day". Popular Science. http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/meet-people-who-want-print-home-day. 
  13. ↑ "Projects". Open Systems Labs. https://www.opensystemslab.io/Projects. 
  14. ↑ "WikiHouse Gives Architecture to the People". 23 January 2014. http://www.globallighting.com/wikihouse-gives-architecture-people/. 
  15. ↑ Stott, Rory (September 22, 2014). "WikiHouse Unveils World's First Two-Storey Open-Source House at London Design Festival". ArchDaily. https://www.archdaily.com/550093/wikihouse-unveils-world-s-first-two-storey-open-source-house-at-london-design-festival. 
  16. ↑ "FOUNDhouse". FOUNDhouse. http://foundhouse.cc. 
  17. ↑ "WikihouseUS/Vermont-Microhouse". GitHub. https://github.com/WikihouseUS/Vermont-Microhouse. 
  18. ↑ Bain, Duncan (15 July 2013). "MAKLab's Wikihouse: Day One". http://duncanbain.com/research/blog/maklabs-wikihouse-day-one/. 
  19. ↑ "Wikihouse". Chop Shop. 23 October 2014. http://chopshopcnc.com/2014/10/wikihouse/. 
  20. ↑ "Space Craft: developing WikiHouse in New Zealand". Space Craft Systems. http://spacecraft.co.nz. 
  21. ↑ "Wikihouse Project". 2 January 2014. http://www.sketchthis.net/blog/wikihouse-project. 
  22. ↑ "WikihouseUS/Alex-Wikished". GitHub. https://github.com/WikihouseUS/Alex-Wikished. 
  23. ↑ "Vienna Open". Vienna Open, Verlag Neue Arbeit. http://viennaopen.net/events/eroffnung-wikihouse/. 
  24. ↑ Sterling, Bruce (2 August 2011). "Architecture Fiction: WikiHouse". Wired. https://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/08/architecture-fiction-wikihouse/. 

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